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Recent Examples of happy talk
If the public conversation turns from spending cuts to tax cut happy talk, consumer sentiment could rebound.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
There was a moment Monday afternoon, during Madison Keys’ Australian Open fourth-round match against No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina, when her coach, Bjorn Fratangelo, realized that this wasn’t the time for happy talk.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Despite the happy talk, Biden leaves office on a profoundly bittersweet note.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Vision without execution is just happy talk.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
There was a moment Monday afternoon, during Madison Keys’ Australian Open fourth-round match against No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina, when her coach, Bjorn Fratangelo, realized that this wasn’t the time for happy talk.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Despite the happy talk, Biden leaves office on a profoundly bittersweet note.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Vision without execution is just happy talk.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happy talk
Noun
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However, because the stacked analog ICs are so thin, cross talk occurs between the layers, which can cause signal interference, noise, and performance degradation in the ICs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2025
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This time, Zelensky pushed back, engaging in cross talk with Trump and Vance that demonstrated a level of defiance to the president and his team.—
Faith E. Pinho,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Department of Justice has quietly walked back aggressive prosecutions, signalling that builders of non-custodial protocols aren’t the same as operators of centralized exchanges.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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During the trial, after Cardi took the stand to deliver her testimony, several of her impassioned exchanges with the plaintiff's lawyer, Ron Rosen Janfaza, went viral due to her unfiltered, expletive-laced responses and animated expressions, including eye rolls and shrugs.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Gen 2 also feature a new Cinema Mode designed to improve the dialogue experience when watching movies or TV shows.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some sequences feel hurried, some satirical dialogue is a little too on the nose and a special effect around the climax lacks the polish of the production design elsewhere.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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The debate may indeed seem frivolous and one of luxury to many, but come next May, MIA will take it up a notch.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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For better or worse, the richest have long been able to wrest stars from the less well-off; there is, though, a welcome debate to be had about how much PSR solidifies the status quo.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Southerners have long been known to have the gift of gab, and that discerning quality has resulted in a rather enthusiastic take on small talk.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Salon small talk Paqueta’s close relationship — and conversations — with his mother, Christiane Tolentino, became a point of interest in the case.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Happy talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happy%20talk. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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